Oil-distributing device for sea-going vessels



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JONATHANA i. HAzARD, or GRoRGR'rowN, soUTH CAROLINA.

OIL-DISTRIBUTING DEVICE FOR SEA-GOIN-GiVEYS'SELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380.111l dated March27, 1888. Application filed January 28, 1888. Serial No. 262.243. (N omodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN I. HAZARD, of Georgetown, in the county ofGeorgetown and State of South Carolina, have invented new and usefuljlmprovements in Oil-Distributing Devices for Sea-,Going Vessels, ofwhich the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates'to devices used by sea-going vessels duringstormy weather and in high seasfor breaking the waves or quieting thewater by the distribution of oil in or on the surface of the water; anditconsists in an oil-distributer of 'novel construction, substantiallyas hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims, whereby not onlycheapness and simplicity are combined with durability in theconstruction of the device, and non-liability of the same to get out oforder, but the ilow of oil from the distributer may be regulated withease andprecision to give either` a copious stream or gradual andvariable outflow as circumstances may require, an

the consumption of oil economized.

Reference is t be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the gures.

Figure 1 represents a view in elevation ofv the device as seenl from itsexterior, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same.

A indicates a can, preferably constructed with upper and lower taperingends, and in or near the bottom of which is a diaphragm, b, While itstop is closed by a screw-cap, c, that is removed when charging thedistributer with oil. This c-an is clothed externally with a protectingcanvas or other like lexible wrapper, B, to which cords d, terminatingin a ring, e, above, are attached for suspending the distributer whennot in use' andfor manipulating or suspending it outside of the vesselwhen used to quiet the water through which the vessel is sailing. Saidcan is also 45 fitted internally with a body-lining, f, of canvas orother like porous and iexible material, supported internally by a coiledWire, g, and having any suitable soft and absorbent material, s,interposed between it and the body of 5o the can A, lalike for theretention of the oil and also as an additional protection to the can torestrain it from being bent or injured when coming in contact with anyhard object or surface.

Arranged to pass out through the lower end of the can and up to orthrough the diaphragm b, which is suitably apertured for the purpose, isa pipe, h, fitted with a cock orvalve, v5, outside ofthe lower end ofthe can, and hinged, as at 7c, outside ofthe can, at the bottom of thepipe h, is a strainer orsieve, C, Y arranged so that when shut to, asshown in Fig. 1, it covers-the lower exposed end of the discharge pipeor nozzle h, but which is capable of being swung back, as shown in Fig.2, when a small extension pipe, h, may be screwed into the lower end ofvalvular nozzle h to distribute the oil in a more or less ne stream. Theobject of the strainer or vsieve C eral or diffused than is possible bythe pipe h.

Thecan being'charged with oil, the valvez' is opened when using thedistributer, so as to f provide for a small iiow or discharge of the oilinto or on the water outside of the vessel, 7 5 and the strainer C beingapplied, operates to make the outliow a gentle or dripping one. If amore copious discharge of the oil be requiredas, for instance,in thecase of avery rough seathe strainer C may be thrown back to one side ofthe pipe h, as shown in Fig. 2, and the valve'. be adjusted to pass outthe oil through the nozzle hby the attached pipe h ina steady stream.The valvez may be adjusted to give a variable outflow, as circumstancesmay require, and the outiow be regulated to the greatest nicety with-ease and precision.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 9o 1. In a device for; distributing oil onvwater for sea going vesselsfthe can A, provided with a exibleprotecting and suspension clothing or covering, l?,ji\n combination withvthe lining f, absorbent fillings, and discharge pipe or nozzle h,ttedwith a hand-valve,z',substan tially as specilied.

2. The combination, with the can A, having a lower diaphragm, b, of thedischarge is to make the distribution of oil more gen- 7o pipe or nozzleh, having a hand-valve '5, and roo the screen or sieve G, laterallyhinged to said and the coiled wire g, arranged to internally nozzlebelow said valve, essentially as and for support said lining throughoutits length, snb- 1o the purposes herein set forth. stantially as shownand described.

3. The combination, with the can A, hav- 4 5 ing a lower discharge pipeor nozzle, h, and JONATHAN. I' HAZARD hand-valve i, of the absorbentfilling s upon Witnesses: the interior of said can, the flexible liningf G. R. CONGDON, upon the inner side of the absorbent lling, B. I.HAZARD.

